Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Groton back pain sufferers desire when they seek Groton back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Groton back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage differs with the back pain patient’s experience and past care. First time back pain sufferers often expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has undergone a couple back surgeries, numerous spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be delighted with 50% or even 30%. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office welcomes all these Groton back pain patients and shares what the spinal research literature reports as realistic outcomes of Groton back pain treatment and specifically Groton chiropractic outcomes of care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Groton BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you expect from your back pain treatment? 30% is reported to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that adequate for you? Medical literature characterizes the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the smallest change in status a patient feels is meaningful to him or her. That difference is described as 30% improvement in self-reported pain or function as a result of a study of 743 patients. (2) In another study of 609 back-related leg pain and sciatica patients, good outcome is defined as 30% reduction in disability. 55% reported such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who had spine surgery for low back degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was experienced by 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction decreases as disability increases. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are communicated to Groton chiropractic patients at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office when the treatment plan is established.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In going by the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office and fellow chiropractors who utilize it seek 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors do not see this as too high a goal! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office witness higher percentages of improvement for many Groton back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients appears in just a few visits to a couple weeks, Groton chiropractic treatment continues without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits appear or cauda equina exists). 50% relief is frequently a longed for relief for Groton back pain patients looking for a return to a quality of life that is satisfactory. This might incorporate taking the dog for a walk or walking to the mailbox. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office tries to help patients achieve realistic and sustainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Schedule your next Groton chiropractic visit today. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office anticipates meeting patient expectations of Groton back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) while also setting reasonable expectations of back pain relief for each individual spine.
